Ghaziabad, Mar 23 : Army Major Mohit Sharma, who lost his life while fighting terrorists in Kupwara, was cremated here with full military honours on Monday.

Sharma was killed along with three other soldiers on Sunday in an encounter with the terrorists.

Major Sharma's body was taken to Ghaziabad, where hundreds of his relatives, friends and other admirers paid their last tribute.

Ghaziabad, Feb 13 : A special court in Uttar Pradesh will pronounce the quantum of sentence to the main accused Mohinder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in the Nithari killings case.

Judge Rema Jain will pronounce the quantum of sentence.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday convicted Pandher and Koli who are accused of killing and disposing off the bodies of 19 children and a young woman between 2005 and 2006.

Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 11 : In the wake of the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, the police forces of Uttar Pradesh have decided to raise a team of 100 men from its existing team of constables to combat militant attacks.

The National Security Group (NSG) commandoes who emerged as the real heroes in the Mumbai terror strikes would help in training these constables.

Code-named as the Quick Reaction Team of Ghaziabad, they are begin their month long training from the last week of December.

Dispur/Ghaziabad (UP), Dec 5 : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has demanded a National Security Guards (NSG) hub in Guwahati to efficiently tackle terror.

While addressing a press conference here last evening, Gogoi said that existing laws are not enough. The need of the hour is to have more harsh and stringent laws to tackle terror threats in the country.

"The Prime Minister has gone for hubs of NSG in different places. We want a similar hub in Guwahati and training facilities also. We have to train our people in a similar way," said Tarun.

Meanwhile in Ghaziabad, police personnel have tightened security measures by ascertaining the bona-fide credentials of occupants in hotels and also passengers at railway stations.

Vishal Retail has informed that the company has opened a new showroom in Ghaziabad.

According to the sources, the proposed showroom has build on 8,870 sq.ft of land.

With the establishment of this showroom, Vishal Retail now has 160 stores spread across the country and are covered an area of  around 27,63,000 sq.ft.

Vishal Retail engages in the marketing of readymade apparels, household merchandise, and other consumer goods like footwear, watches, toys, toiletries, grocery items, sports items, crockery, novelties and gifts.

Ghaziabad, Oct. 3 : Ajay Katara, a key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, was on Friday sent to 14-days judicial custody by a Ghaziabad court.

Police in Ghaziabad arrested Katara late on Thursday night on charges of kidnapping.

He is currently in the Indrapur police station and is accused of trying to kidnap a distant relative of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, the father of Vikas Yadav, who has been sentenced to life for the murder of Nitish Katara.

Nitish, a young management student, was killed six years ago. Vikas and Vishal Yadav, the son and nephew of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, were found guilty of the murder and sentenced to life in jail.